New bill seeks to mandate healthcare cybersecurity standards

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Senate Proposal Would Set Minimum Cybersecurity Standards for Healthcare Firms

Nearly eight months after a hacker attack on UnitedHealth Group’s technology unit Change Healthcare roiled the healthcare industry, Capitol Hill has fired a shot across the bow for firms operating across the industry. A new bill introduced in the U.S. Senate by Democrats Ron Wyden of Oregon and Mark Warner of Virginia would, among other things, set requirements to improve the “availability and resiliency of healthcare information systems and he…